August 22, 2013

Reddit flood

Today, someone linked to me in a comment on Reddit. It's the third time in about a month, and I never had that happen before this month. It sure doesn't cause as much traffic as Instapundit or SlashDot, but it's respectable.

1
While a bit inflammatory by the Israeli official, it actually will be a good thing when Japan stops remembering the bombings.

The value of the Nuclear Bombs really was less in their damage (though they really were the first true "strategic" bombings done, as they could be fairly accurate and get the job done) and more in what it did to the culture. Without the bombs, Operation Downfall would have been a go, Kyushu's coast would still be in need of bomb removal and the total cost of lives to take the 4 Main Islands would have been insane. The total Japanese population, even right now, would also probably be 10-20 million lower.

The bombs achieved their military objects, but the greatest victory was the fact it destroy the Will to Fight of most of the leadership. That lead to the surrender, which perserved a good bit of Japanese heritage. Yet they will haven't truly "worked through" WW2 as a culture. Until they do, they'll keep on the road to fading away.

Enclose all spoilers in spoiler tags:[spoiler]your spoiler here[/spoiler]
Spoilers which are not properly tagged will be ruthlessly deleted on sight.
Also, I hate unsolicited suggestions and advice. (Even when you think you're being funny.)

At Chizumatic, we take pride in being incomplete, incorrect, inconsistent, and unfair. We do all of them deliberately.